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Radio /. Star Wars Radio Dramas. In 1981, 1983, and 1996, National Public Radio station KUSC-FM performed radio play adaptations of the original Star Wars movie trilogy. Considered part of the original Star Wars Expanded Universe (now Star Wars Legends ), the plays were made with the full cooperation of George Lucas, who sold the rights to KUSC ...
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The destruction of Alderaan is played out much more...
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A cruel and ambitious man, Tarkin even starts to consider...
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Return of the Jedinote is the sequel to The Empire Strikes...
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May 5, 2024 · Like its predecessors, this electrifying drama boasts a splendid cast (including Anthony Daniels as See-Threepio and Ed Asner as Jabba the Hutt), a greatly e...
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Conception
Creation of the radio version of Return of the Jedi was delayed 13 years due to Congressional cuts in spending for public broadcasting. While NPR did not have funding to produce the drama, high sales for the compact disc and cassette releases of the original Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back radio dramas convinced executives at Highbridge Audio to take the initiative to produce the drama of Return of the Jedithrough their studio instead. The bulk of the production crew and core cast from...
Production
Return of the Jedi was recorded at the same pace as its two predecessors: one episode per day, for a total of six rather grueling days. The cast and crew returned to Westlake Audio Studios in Los Angeles, where the first Star Warsdrama had been recorded. Tom Voegeli again realized the sound mixing at his home base in St Paul, Minnesota. He and his team again had access to the sounds and music from the films. The dialogue for Chewbacaca, Artoo, Nien Nunb, and the Ewoks all came from Ben Burtt'...
NPR broadcast the first episode, "Tatooine Haunts", on November 5, 1996, with subsequent episodes airing weekly on Tuesdays. The finale "Blood of a Jedi" aired on December 10. Some local stations followed different schedules. Before the end of the year, HighBridge released a Collector's Limited Edition of the entire radio trilogy. The radio drama's...
"Daley's Legacy: Jedi Radio Play" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine7"Anthony Daniels: Remembering That Galaxy Far, Far Away" — The Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine1"Around the Galaxy" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine9Return of the Jedi on HighBridge Audio's official website(backup link)Channeling the Force: Star Wars Radio Collectibles on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.comand unavailable)Star Wars. Star Wars is a 13-part (5 hour, 56 minute) radio serial originally broadcast on National Public Radio on March 2, 1981. [1] [2] It was adapted by Brian Daley from the 1977 film, and directed by John Madden, with music by John Williams and sound design for Lucasfilm by Ben Burtt. The serial was recorded in 1981 at Westlake Recording ...
An expanded radio dramatization of the original Star Wars trilogy was produced in 1981, 1983, and 1996. The first two radio series, based on Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, were produced and broadcast by National Public Radio (NPR) as part of NPR Playhouse. A dramatization of Return of the Jedi was produced by most of the same team and also broadcast on NPR. The radio serials were made ...
